
2018 Asian Games Day 1, August 19 will have 21 medal events in contention apart from multiple other events. on Day 1, five Indian Men Wrestlers and two Indian Shooting Mixed teams are competing for medals. Check India’s complete schedule and results of Day 1 (August 19) at 2018 Asian Games. In Shooting, pairs of Manu Bhaker / Abhishek Verma and Apurvi Chandela / Ravi Kumar will participate in medal events. In Wrestling, Sushil Kumar, Bajrang Punia, Sandeep Tomar, Mausam Khatri and Pawan Kumar will participate in medal events. Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar, Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Lakshay will participate in Qualification round 1 for Men and Women Trap events of Shooting.
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Medal Events of Day 1 For India
Shooting
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won Bronze
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Qualification: 8.00 a.m. IST – Finished 2nd
Final: 12 o’clock
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma
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Qualification: 10.00 a.m. IST –
Finished 6th with 759 points, failed to qualify for final
Wrestling
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Men’s Freestyle 65 kg – Bajrang Punia in Final
To face Japan’s Takatani Daichi in Men’s Freestyle 65 kg final. He won semifinal by 10-0 over Mongolia’s Batmagnai Batchuluun.
Men’s Freestyle 86 kg Bronze Medal match – Pawan Kumar Lost
- Pawan Kumar loses 0-11 to Hassan Yazdanicharati. Pawan Kumar defeated Heng Vuthy from Cambodia 8-0 in the 1/8 Finals
Pawan Kumar stays in contention for bronze as he beats Indonesia’s Fahriansayah 11-0 in his first repechage bout. He will play Mongolian Orgodol for Bronze medal match.
Men’s Freestyle 74 Kg – Sushil Kumar
Qualification: 11.40 p.m.vs Adam Batirov (Bahrain) – lost
Men’s Freestyle 57 Kg – Sandeep Tomar – lost in QF
1/8 Finals: 1.25 p.m. vs Rustem Nazarov (Turkmenistan)
Men’s Freestyle 97 kg Quarterfinals: Mausam Khatri loses 0-8 to Ibragimov Magomed from Uzbekistan
Swimming
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Men’s 200m BUtterfly – Final at 6.37 p.m. IST FINISHED 5th with time 1:57.75
Sajan Kumar qualifies for finals with 3rd best timing, to compete for medal today at 6.37 p.m. IST
Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke – Final at 4.55 p.m. IST – Finished 7th with a timing of 56.19.
Srihari Nataraj enters final. He will swim for the medal today at 4.55 p.m. IST. Arvind Mani finished second in the heat but failed to qualify.
Qualification Events
Badminton Round of 16 Men’s team: India def Maldives 3-0
Women’s Basketball 5×5 Preliminary match: India lost to Chinese Taipei 61-84
7.00 pm: Women’s Hockey Preliminary match: India def Indonesia 8-0
Scorers: Udita, Vandana Katariya 2, Gurjit Kaur 3 (PC), Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur
Women’s Handball Preliminary match: India lost 21-36 to China
Kabaddi
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Women’s Preliminary match: India def Japan 43-12
Men’s Team: India def Bangladesh 50-21 in the Group A match
5.30 pm: Men’s Kabaddi Preliminary match: India def Sri Lanka 44-28
Fencing:
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Men’s Epee Individual
Women’s Sabre Individual
Taekwondo: Women Team Poomsae Round of 16: India lost to Thailand
Tennis: Mixed Doubles (Round of 32 matches):
Karman Kaur Thandi and Divij Sharan defeat Alberto Jr Lim and Marian Jade Capadocia 6-4, 6-4 in 81 minutes in the Round of 32
Swimming: Heats for Men’s 200m Freestyle, Men’s 200m Butterfly, Men’s 100m Backstroke, Women’s 1500m Freestyle, Women’s 100m Breaststroke, Women’s 200m Backstroke, Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
Rowing
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1. Rowing Men’s Pair: Malkeet Singh/Gurinder Singh in final.
2. Women’s Skull: Pooja and Sayali enter final.
3. Men’s Double Sculls: Om Prakash and Sawarn Singh enter finals.
4. Women’s Pair rowing: Sanjukta Dung/Harpreet Kaur enter repechage round. They finished 5th at Heat.
5. Dattu Baban Bhokanal enters repechage round in Men’s Single Sculls. He finished second in Heat 1.
Sepaktakraw: Men’s and Women’s Team Regu Preliminary matches: Indian Women lost 0-3 Vs Korea
Shooting
Trap Women Qualification: 7.00 a.m. IST
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Squad 1: Shreyasi Singh
Squad 3: Seema Tomar
Trap Men Qualification: 8.00 a.m. IST
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Squad 7: Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Squad 10: Lakshay
Volleyball: Women’s Preliminary matches – India lost 0-3 to Korea
Wushu
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Men’s Changquan Suraj Singh Mayanglambam – 10th with 9.51 points
Women’s Sanda 52 Kg Round of 16 : Yumnam Sanatho Devi lost 0-2 vs Elaheh (Iran)
Men’s Sanda -56kg Round of 32 Santosh Kumar def Linn (Myanmar) 2-0
Women’s Sanda 70 Kg Round of 16: Pardeep Kumar def Khurshedzoda (Tajikistan) 2-0
Women’s Tajiquan & All-Round – Sanatombi Chanu Lemapokpam – 14th
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